"I ordered it because there were vacancies. There was never a freeze...

"I never mislead the parliament."

The opposition also claims that internal documents obtained by them reveal that just 7.6 per cent of children in southwest Sydney reported to be at risk of serious harm received a check in March.

In other regions, only seven to fourteen per cent of vulnerable children reported to be at risk of serious harm are actually being seen, said opposition spokeswoman for family and community services minister Linda Burney.